In an alert, the United Nations agency warned that it faces “drastic cuts” with vital food aid, which could “stop” in the Central African Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia and Libya in the coming months, the resources that exhaust.
Wfp noted that the situation of many Sudanese refugees is already disastrous, more than two years since the war broke out between the National Army of Sudan and the paramilitary rebels.
“In Uganda, many vulnerable refugees survive with less than 500 calories per day” – less than a quarter of daily nutritional needs – such as new arrivals for pressure refugees, said WFP. In Chad, which welcomes almost a quarter of the four million refugees who fled Sudan, food rations will be reduced in the coming months without new contributions.
Vulnerable young people
Children are particularly vulnerable to sustained periods of hunger and Malnutrition rate in young refugees in reception centers in Uganda and South Sudan have already violated the emergency thresholds. According to WFP, Refugees are already seriously ill -fed before arriving in neighboring countries to receive emergency assistance.
“This is a full -fledged regional crisis which takes place in countries which already have extreme levels of food insecurity and high levels of conflict”, ” said Shaun Hughes, Emergency Coordinator of PAM for the Sudan Regional Crisis.
“Millions of people who fled Sudan depend entirely on the support of WFP, but without additional funding, we will be forced to make new food aid reductions.
Originally published at Almouwatin.com
